About Mr. Vikas Malik

Mr Vikas Malik

Managing Common ENT Problems in Adults and Children

  • ENT Consultant, Departmental Clinical Governance & Audit Lead, Royal Bolton Hospital, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
  • ENT Consultant, BMI Beaumont Hospital, Bolton, ENT Consultant, Spire Fylde Coast Hospital, Blackpool
    1: NoTSS lead (ENT STC), Health Education North West England
    2: Trust Lead for Simulation, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
  • Associate Editor of a peer reviewed journal: BMC Ear Nose & Throat Disorders (2013-2020)
  • Honorary Senior Lecturer, Edge Hill University Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Liverpool University (2014-2019)

ENT Training

North West England and Cambridge.

Special Interests

Managing ear conditions including blocked ears, ear discharge, cholesteatoma, ear drum perforation, Meniere's disease, sinusitis, blocked nose and snoring. He specialises in Minimally invasive Balloon Dilatation of Eustachian Tube and Sinuses.

Mr Malik has a broad experience of managing common ENT problems in adults and children. He graduated from Lucknow University in India and completed a master’s in ENT. He was awarded the best candidate award. He then undertook a further three years training as a senior registrar in otology and skull base surgery. He then moved to the UK and completed the UK ENT training in North West England and Cambridge. He was awarded ‘Completion Certificate of Training’ by the UK Joint Committee on Higher Surgical Training and is on the GMC Specialist Register (GMC number 6057595).

Qualifications

  • Intercollegiate Speciality Board Fellowship in Otorhinolaryngology UK, FRCS (ORL-HNS), 2009
  • Royal College of Surgeons of England, DOHNS, 2005
  • Surgical Royal Colleges of UK (Intercollegiate), MRCS, 2004
  • National Academy of Medical Sciences Membership, MNAMS, India, 2003
  • National Board of Examinations Diplomat, DNB (ENT), 2001
  • Postgraduate Masters in ENT Surgery, MS (ENT), Lucknow, India, 2000
  • MBBS, Lucknow, India - 1997

Membership

  • Member of Topdoctors, UK
  • Member of Doctify
  • Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Member of Meniere’s Society
  • Member of British Tinnitus Association
  • Member of British Society of Otology
  • Member of ENT-UK
  • Member of Medical Defence Union
  • Member of Facial Plastics Surgery UK

Research

Mr Malik has a keen interest in research and has published widely and presented in several national and international conferences. He has been recently involved in several UK multicentre and international trials including trials for interventional treatment for tinnitus, glue ear and hearing loss. He also has an interest in the area of ear problems, hearing loss, facial weakness, endoscopic sinus surgery and paediatric ENT issues. He has published widely and has more than 30 publications. He has also presented in several international and national meetings and conferences.

Education & Training

Mr Malik has a particular interest in medical education. He has been recognised by the GMC as a trainer and supervisor. He was the departmental lead for medical education in Blackpool Victoria Hosiptal trust and member of Surgical Training Committee for ENT Higher Surgical Trainees at Health Education North West. He teaches and trains medical undergraduates as well as postgraduates. He is supervisor for higher surgical trainees & core surgical trainees in ENT. He is also Honorary Senior Lecturer in Edge Hill University and teaches on the ENT MCh course run by the university. He has worked as honorary lecturer in Liverpool Medical University (2014-2019). He is actively involved in simulation based training for medical undergraduates & postgraduates. He has been awarded Certificate of Excellence in Surgical Education by North West School of Surgery/ Health Education North West for two consecutive years.

Mr Malik has been appointed the Lead for Simulation for Royal Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and also taken up the role of NoTSS lead (ENT STC) for Health Education North West England

Awards

  • Certificate of Medical Excellence by Topdoctors UK, 2020
  • Clinical Excellence Award, Blackpool
  • Bronze badge, Quality & Safety Champion, WWL NHS Foundation Trust
  • Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Liverpool University
  • Honorary Senior Lecturer, Edge Hill University
  • Certificate of Excellence in Education, North West School of Surgery/ Health Education North West
  • Karl Storz Fellowship, Skull Base World Congress
  • TWJ Causse Clinic Travelling Fellowship, TWJ Foundation
  • Ethicon Foundation Short Term Clinical Visit Grant, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Forth Medical Travel Grant
  • Kenneth Bloor Travel Scholarship, Manchester Medical Society
  • Best cadaveric dissection, Wrightington ENT Dissection Course
  • Team award: ‘Best Practice Event Award’ for improving surgical division handover, WWL NHS Foundation Trust
  • Team award: Lister Symposium Award, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for the project ‘Small Changes: Better Outcomes – Mission to reduce infection following middle ear surgery’, WWL NHS Foundation Trust
  • Best Candidate - Masters in Surgery (ENT) examination, Lucknow, India, August
  • MBBS (Honors), Lucknow, India